More than one of our readers suggested we highlight this beautifully-shot process documentary about the laborious and precise manufacturing of piezoelectric quartz crystals in the early 1940s.

When we talk about crystals around here, we’re generally talking about the quartz variety used to make oscillators more stable, or perhaps ruby crystals used to make a laser. We hardly ever talk ...

Simply put, quartz is technically a readily available natural stone, but it’s transformed into “engineered stone" for ...

A slice of quartz ground to a prescribed thickness that vibrates at a steady frequency when stimulated by electricity. The tiny crystal, about 1/20th by 1/5th of an inch, creates the computer's ...

Fractured Crystals These crystals, often called "shocked quartz," show a distinctive pattern of fracturing caused by high-energy impacts or explosions. Some scientists maintain that the fracture ...

As crystals explode in popularity, collectors are paying millions, cutting museums out of the industry. So how'd the Smithsonian land a giant quartz? More from Big Business As crystals explode in ...

Stone: A hard solid nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building ... admire in quartz clusters and amethyst points. The repeating pattern is called a crystal lattice ...

China announced it has discovered new deposits of high-purity quartz, a mineral with a small but crucial role in the production of semiconductors and solar panels.